Two-time Olympic champion Ueno calls it quits

Two-time Olympic champion Ueno calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese judoka Masae Ueno, who won the women's 70-kilogram gold medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, speaks about her retirement from competition at a news conference in Tokyo on March 16.

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